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Meanings of bustle about in English
Synonyms
Examples for "bustle"
Examples for "bustle"
1
She heard the pleasant bustle below; the light laughter, the cheery calls.
2
There was immediately a great bustle and panic among all the nucleons.
3
All through the night there was bustle and commotion in the house.
4
As we entered the inclosure we found the house in a bustle.
5
Esther and Catherine found relief and amusement in the bustle of preparation.
1
But in the case of the Harrises, hustle is a family thing.
2
The point is, this no longer looks like a fly-by-night hustle job.
3
Bradshaws were in great evidence everywhere; all was hustle and glad animation.
4
This is the City Hall Police Headquarters again; hustle it up, please.
5
The Mavs' bench provided the hustle in the big 34-point second quarter.
Usage of bustle about in English
1
Staff bustle about, setting up training sessions for boxing, table tennis, football.
2
The emigrants run to the top of the twigs, bustle about actively.
3
She would talk and bustle about, fretting, alternately criticizing and mothering him.
4
You don't say? The man in blue began to bustle about sympathetically.
5
What a pitiful scoundrel is here to make all this bustle about!
6
The men began to bustle about directly he got on deck.
7
Mrs. Wake went back to the kitchen, and Christine began to bustle about.
8
Don't bustle about with tea and bread and such for your working man.'
9
Quickly Beaudry rose and began to bustle about with suspicious cheerfulness.
10
Then I have to bustle about and see things with my own eyes.
11
You bustle about and make yourself useful, and don't talk rot.
12
Here is a fuss and a bustle about a chit's face!
13
He began to bustle about in preparation for her breakfast.
14
Then the noise and bustle about my residence was hushed.
15
There was a great bustle about the little homestead on that eventful Tuesday afternoon.
16
Aunt Dide had begun to bustle about the room again.
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Bustle about through the time
Bustle about across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common